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Featured Resource: Mental Health Resources for Fundraisers

Working in a mission-driven profession, with limited resources and high expections, it can be easy to lose sight of your own mental health as you prioritize the goals of your organization. These resources from the Association of Fundraising Professionals are designed to help fundraisers evaluate their own mental health and find solutions to common challenges such as burnout, quiet quitting, and competing professional and personal priorities.  

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06 Dec 2019

AFP Ready Reference: Embracing and Living Ethics in Fundraising

Too often, we focus on ethics from a negative or corrective perspective. Our conversations may be robust only in the midst of a controversy or scandal. Making the consideration of and conversations about ethics normal and routine can change people’s perceptions as well as organizational cultures...
Resource Ethics Your Fundraising Career
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05 Dec 2019

You Need a Seat at the Decision-Making Table

Too often, this seems to be the answer for how to influence the narrative on diversity, equity and inclusivity—gender equity at large. It has become a rallying cry for women advocating for higher female c-suite and board level representation. So just take it at face value. That’s it, right? It...
Resource Boards and Volunteers Diversity and Inclusion (IDEA) Your Fundraising Career
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27 Nov 2019

Quelles réactions suscite chez vous le mot « collecte de fonds »?

ENGLISH Si vous êtes comme la plupart des gens, vous avez sans doute des réactions mitigées. Vous pouvez devenir anxieux, nerveux, irrités, voire ennuyés à l’idée qu’on vous demande de donner de l’argent. Mais en même temps, comme la plupart des gens, vous pensez probablement que les organismes de...
Resource International Trends and Resources Case for Support Donor Relations/Stewardship
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27 Nov 2019

The Case for Sport Philanthropy: Why Isn’t Sport Considered Charitable?

For as long as I can remember, sport has been an integral part of my life. Whether it was being born into Habs fandom, following my dad around between rinks and baseball diamonds, cold Saturday morning figure skating lessons, years on the softball team, or waking up in the middle of the night to...
Resource Case for Support Research Reports
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20 Nov 2019

Connecting the Dots on Sexual Misconduct in the Philanthropic Sector: Part Two - The Response

FRANÇAIS This is the second of a two-part series that AFP Global Daily has been working on about sexual misconduct. Connecting the Dots on Sexual Misconduct in the Philanthropy Sector Part One: When Women Speak Out was published on October 31st. Part Two: The Response In the wake of a Tough Topics...
Resource Boards and Volunteers Diversity and Inclusion (IDEA) Your Fundraising Career
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20 Nov 2019

L’inconduite sexuelle dans le secteur philanthropique: Partie 2 : La réponse

ENGLISH Voici le deuxième article de la série en deux parties d’AFP Global Daily portant sur l’inconduite sexuelle. Le premier article, intitulé L’inconduite sexuelle dans le secteur philanthropique – Partie 1 : Lorsque les femmes osent parler, a été publié le 31 octobre. Partie 2 : La réponse Dans...
Resource Boards and Volunteers Diversity and Inclusion (IDEA) Your Fundraising Career
07 Nov 2019

The Impact of Elimination of Capital Gains and What’s Next

FRANÇAIS Since 1930, charitable donations in Canada have been eligible for preferential tax treatment. Since that time, there have been several amendments to the Income Tax Act to make donating more attractive to individuals. One of the most notable changes came in the 2006 federal budget, which...
Resource Research Reports Tax Issues
07 Nov 2019

Conséquence de l’élimination de l’impôt sur les gains en capital et prochaines étapes

ENGLISH Depuis 1930, les dons de bienfaisance au Canada sont admissibles à un traitement fiscal préférentiel. Depuis, plusieurs modifications ont été apportées à la Loi de l’impôt sur le revenu afin de rendre les dons plus attrayants pour les particuliers. Un des changements les plus importants a...
Resource Research Reports Tax Issues
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31 Oct 2019

L’inconduite sexuelle dans le secteur philanthropique

ENGLISH AFP Global Daily travaille sur cette série en deux parties depuis quelques mois déjà. Nous vous présentons aujourd’hui la Partie 1 : Lorsque les femmes osent parler. La Partie 2 : La réponse sera publiée très prochainement. Partie 1 : Lorsque les femmes osent parler En avril 2015, Élise...
Resource Boards and Volunteers Diversity and Inclusion (IDEA) Your Fundraising Career
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31 Oct 2019

Connecting the Dots on Sexual Misconduct in the Philanthropic Sector

FRANÇAIS AFP Global Daily has been working on this in-depth article for a couple of months. Today we’re featuring Part One: When Women Speak Out. Part Two, The Response, consolidates the information about what is happening to promote change, will be published in the near future. Part One: When Women...
Resource Boards and Volunteers Diversity and Inclusion (IDEA) Your Fundraising Career
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